Everyone is in excellent shape for the conclusion of Solti's 1965 Covent Garden Ring cycle. We begin with a wonderful Norn scene with three great singers, all of whom bring beauty and gravity to their characters. Solti must have remembered Watts, Jones, and Guy from his Decca studio recording (though there Jones sang Wellgunde). We get to enjoy Guy twice as Second Norn and Flosshilde. Veasey fully justifies the confidence that Covent Garden had in her with her earnest, extremely well-sung Waltraute. Shuard likewise lives up to her reputation as the last, possibly most challenging Brunnhilde. She shirks nothing and sings with grace, intelligence, and steady tone throughout the performance. Like some other famous Brunnhildes (Traubel and Flagstad come to mind), she ducks the top C at the end of the Dawn duet, but that is her only concession to what may have been a minor indisposition (she sang the note in the Buenos Aires Ring two years later). There are more fiery Brunnhildes, but few who sing it with such an attractive voice.Windgassen is one of the few Siegfrieds who consistently makes the impossible top C before his exit in Act Two. Frick is tremendous, Shaw and Harper are vivid Gibichung siblings (was there anything Harper didn't sing well?) The Rhinedaughters are again top-notch as they were in Das Rheingold. Solti leads a well-paced, exciting performance. The sound is very listenable. A triumphant conclusion to an underrated Ring cycle!